EU Announces Public Consultation on a Possible EU Initiative on Responsible Source of Minerals Originating from Conflict-Affected and High-Risk Areas |
On March 27, 2013, the European Commission started a public consultation on “conflict minerals” – for... |
Bruce Zagaris |
29 |
6 |
2013-06-01 |
Congo, European Union, Europe, United States |
Environment |
Canadian Court of Appeals Give Lawyers Win Another Win in a Gatekeeper Case |
On April 4, 2013, the Court of Appeal for British Columbia issued a judgment in favor of the Federation of Law Societies (FLSC) and against the... |
Bruce Zagaris |
29 |
6 |
2013-06-01 |
Canada |
FATF, Money Laundering, Terrorism |
British Court of Appeals Upholds Ruling Prohibiting Expulsion of Alleged Terrorist Othman To Jordan |
On March 27, 2013, the Royal Courts of Justice, a British appellate Court, affirmed a ruling from the Special Immigration Appeals Commission on November 12, 2012, allowing the appeal of Omar Othman (... |
Bruce Zagaris |
29 |
6 |
2013-06-01 |
European Union, Jordan, United Kingdom |
Extradition, Human Rights |
U.S. Cocaine Sting Results in Arrest of Former Navy Chief of Guinea Bissau and 4 Others |
On April 5, 2013, Rear Admiral José Americo Bubo Na Tchuto, the former chief of Guinea Bissau’s navy, appeared in a New York City court on charges of being a drug... |
Bruce Zagaris |
29 |
6 |
2013-06-01 |
Brazil, Colombia, Guinea, Portugal, United States |
Drug Enforcement, Drugs & Trafficking, Extradition, Organized Crime |
IMB Reports Decline in Maritime Piracy |
The International Chamber of Commerce (ICC) International Maritime Bureau’s (IMB) latest quarterly report on Piracy and Armed Robbery Against Ships recorded a total of 66... |
Michael Plachta |
29 |
6 |
2013-06-01 |
Ivory Coast, Malaysia, Nigeria, Somalia |
Maritime, Piracy |
UNODC Provides Technical and Training Assistance to Central Authorities |
During a meeting held February 19-21, 2013 in Cartagena, Colombia, the United Nations Office of Drugs... |
Bruce Zagaris |
29 |
6 |
2013-06-01 |
Argentina, Chile, Colombia, Ethiopia, India, Indonesia, Israel, Jordan, Malaysia, Morocco, Nigeria, Panama, Russia, Switzerland, Trinidad & Tobago, Trinidad and Tobago |
Counter-terrorism |
Fifth Bali Process Conference Endorses Voluntary Reporting System on Migrant Smuggling and Related Conduct (VRS-MSRC) |
After granting UNODC full membership in the Bali Process at its Senior Officials Meeting the previous day, on April 5, 2013, the Fifth Ministerial Conference of the Bali Process on People Smuggling,... |
Michael Plachta |
29 |
6 |
2013-06-01 |
World |
Human Trafficking |
Aussie Trade Extradited from Hong Kong to the U.S. on Insider Trading Charges |
On March 29, 2013, Trent Martin, 33 and an Australian national and former research analyst at an international financial services firm, arrived in New York after arrest in Hong Kong on... |
Bruce Zagaris |
29 |
6 |
2013-06-01 |
Australia, Hong Kong, United States |
Extradition |
United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) Releases Its Report on Transnational Organized Crime in East Asia and the Pacific |
On April 16, 2013, the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) released a report, Transnational Organized Crime in East Asia and the Pacific: A Threat Assessment.[2] This is the... |
Michael Plachta |
29 |
6 |
2013-06-01 |
Asia, Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar |
Organized Crime |
Alleged Ringleader of Nigerian Fee-Based Web Databased Identity Fraud Schemes Extradited from Australia and Appears in US Court in Alexandria |
On March 1, 2013, Tobechi Enyinna Onwuhara, 33, appeared in U.S. District Court in Alexandria, Virginia after Australian authorities extradited him to the U.S. On August 1, 2008, Onwuhara was charged... |
Bruce Zagaris |
29 |
6 |
2013-06-01 |
Australia, Nigeria, United States |
Cybercrime, Extradition |
UN General Assembly Overwhelmingly Approves Arms Trade Treaty |
On March 29, 2013, the United Nations General Assembly adopted the Arms Trade Treaty (ATT) by a vote of 154 in favor, 3 against and 23 abstentions. [1] It sets international standards for... |
Bruce Zagaris |
29 |
6 |
2013-06-01 |
World |
Arms Trafficking, United Nations |
EUROPOL Releases Comprehensive Report on Serious and Organized Crime Threat Assessment (SOCTA) |
On March 19, 2013, EUROPOL released its yearly report “EU Serious and Organised Crime Threat Assessment (SOCTA)”.[2] The most detailed study of its kind ever undertaken in the... |
Michael Plachta |
29 |
6 |
2013-06-01 |
European Union |
Organized Crime |
Cattle Rustling and Ranching by Illegal Armed Groups and Organized Crime |
Recent gains in the so-called international war on drugs have caused illegal armed groups, once dependent on drug production and trafficking for revenue, to diversify into new illegal... |
Luz Nagle |
29 |
6 |
2013-06-01 |
Colombia, Costa Rica, Kenya, Philippines, Sudan, United States |
Arms Trafficking, Illegal Importation, Organized Crime |
EU Agrees Preliminarily on Transparency Rules for Extractive Industry |
On April 9, 2013, the EU Parliament and EU Commission agreed to a landmark transparency law that would require all European companies operating in extractive industries to report payments, including... |
Bruce Zagaris |
29 |
6 |
2013-06-01 |
European Union, G-8 member countries, United States |
Corruption, European Commission, Transparency |
Dominican Republic Extradites Its Former Drug Control Chief to the U.S. |
On April 8, 2013, U.S. law enforcement officials announced that the Dominican Republic extradited Francisco Antonio Hiraldo-Guerrero, a former Dominican military official and former... |
Bruce Zagaris |
29 |
6 |
2013-06-01 |
Canada, Colombia, Dominican Republic, Mexico, United States |
Drugs & Trafficking, Extradition |
5 Major EU Countries Agree To Develop a Multilateral Tax Information Exchange Mechanism |
On April 9, 2013, the Finance Ministers of the U.K., France, Germany, Italy, and Spain notified EU Tax Commissioner Algirdas Šemeta that they had agreed to work on a pilot multilateral... |
Bruce Zagaris |
29 |
6 |
2013-06-01 |
Austria, European Union, France, G-8 member countries, Germany, Italy, Luxembourg, Spain, United Kingdom |
Economic Integration, Tax Enforcement |
OAS Adopts Model Laws on Sworn Declaration of Net Worth and Whistleblowing |
On March 21, 2013, the Organization of American States (OAS) adopted two model laws on anti-corruption. The first concerns the submission and verification of declarations of net worth... |
Bruce Zagaris |
29 |
6 |
2013-06-01 |
Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Mexico, Spain, United States |
Corruption, International Cooperation |
Europol Joint Operation Dismantles Global Credit Card Fraud |
On March 28, 2013, a joint operation coordinated by the Romanian Cybercrime Unit in Romania in close cooperation with Europol’s European Cybercrime Center (EC3), resulted in dismantling a... |
Bruce Zagaris |
29 |
6 |
2013-06-01 |
Australia, European Union, Romania, United States |
Cybercrime, Economic Integration |
U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry Announces Rewards for Arrest of Joseph Kony and Other Fugitives of International Criminal Tribunals |
On April 3, 2013, Secretary of State John Kerry announced the expansion of the State Department’s War Crimes Rewards Programs, implementing legislation that then-Senator Kerry authored and... |
Bruce Zagaris |
29 |
6 |
2013-06-01 |
Rwanda, Uganda, United States |
International Criminal Court |
Italian Supreme Court’s Overturning of Amanda Knox’s Acquittal Gives Rise to Possible Future Extradition Request |
On March 26, 2013, the Italian Supreme Court (Court of Cassation) overturned the acquittal of Amanda... |
Bruce Zagaris |
29 |
6 |
2013-06-01 |
Italy, United States |
Extradition |